Occupational Health and Safety in the Healthcare Sector

• Other Authors: Modenese, Alberto (Editor), Gobba, Fabriziomaria (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; long-term care; turnover; semi-structured interview; Korean LTCI system; confidence; disaster; emergency; healthcare; family member; preparedness; rehabilitation; vocational; stroke; occupational therapy; work; burnout; nursing; bibliometrics; co-authorship network; health-related quality of life; health measurement; work environment; healthcare workers; health systems; key performance indicators; healthcare system; pandemic crisis; COVID-19; Algeria; compassionate care; compassion satisfaction; compassion fatigue; cross-cultural comparison; physical fatigue; mental fatigue; female; nurses; health personnel; pandemics; emergency room; workplace violence; resilience; intention to leave; breast cancer; night work; shift work; occupational disease; working conditions; prevention; carcinogens; safety climate; safety leadership; LMICs; Nigeria; antimicrobial nanolayer; bacterial contamination; healthcare-associated infections; high-touch objects and surfaces; discussing pressure; on-duty mechanism; motivation; friendly workplace environment; high-level medical personnel; work-related stress; workplace health promotion; well-being; sickness absence; quality of life; distress; return on investment; cardiovascular diseases; medical staff; risk factors; clustering; prevalence; healthcare personnel; mental health; mind-body therapies; work stress; Italian professional stress scale; musculoskeletal complaints; pain; surgeons; SARS-CoV-2; health surveillance; risk prevention; occupational risk factors; infectious risk; complaining; psychiatric; loneliness; occupational burnout
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Healthcare workers are exposed to several different occupational risk factors, and they pay an important tribute in terms of occupational diseases and work-related injuries. Currently, the COVID-19 pandemic has focused the attention on the problem of the infectious risk, which is certainly among the...